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Old 05-24-2007, 07:35 AM   #1
germansailor
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Unhappy Nvidia drivers for opensuse not working


Hello friends....A couple of days ago i bought a new graphics card-Nvidia Geforce 7100 GS....its workingfine on windows...then i installed opensuse 10.2 ....i installed the drivers using yast by this procedure http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-...r-HOWTO.html#2
but the xserver crashed saying GDM not starting...so in the terminal i typed yast and removed it....but i want to somehow configure nvidia drivrs for opensuse can any1 pls help me...
processor-AMD Athlon 64
Graphics-Nvidia Geforce 7100 GS
opensuse 10.2
 
Old 05-24-2007, 11:08 AM   #2
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It's been awhile since I've used my SuSE 10.2 computer, but I remember that I was able to install the driver from the NVIDIA website without any problems. I don't recall the exact details offhand (as I'm at work w/o my installation notes), but you will need to install this in runlevel 3 as the root user. From there, it is just a matter of executing the .run file once you have downloaded it from the NVIDIA website. The disadvantage of this, however, is if you ever update or upgrade to a newer kernel version, you will have to recompile the NVIDIA driver as well. Not a tremendous problem, but then I use Slackware normally and am used to this sort of rigor.
 
Old 05-25-2007, 02:41 AM   #3
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It is much easier to use YAST to install the nvidia drivers rather than doing it manually. This page should help http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/60/
You need to install the nvidia drivers themselves and the right kernel for your system.
 
Old 05-25-2007, 08:58 AM   #4
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Installed OpenSuse 1 Week ago

I decided to try opensuse a week ago and just downloaded the driver from nvidia and #sh NVIDIA*#, installer installed driver and works great. I did it that way because suse had trouble detecting my LCD monitor settings but the nvidia drivers had no problem with setting it up correctly.
 
Old 05-25-2007, 11:19 AM   #5
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I was unable to get the nvidia drivers working when installing from yast, so I downloaded the shar file from the nvidia website and executed it as root. I think it's the safest solution with the exception of kernel upgrades.
 
  


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